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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 297 - 370).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nora's mother-in-law's first name?
(a) Mildred.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Millicent.
(d) Hannah.

2. What does the rebuttal letter in the Ash River Clarion say about Desma?
(a) She has been married four times.
(b) She has been wanted for her first husband's murder.
(c) Her first husband never really died.
(d) She is wanted for robbery.

3. What does Lurie feel as the strong want of the giant-sized man he comes across in Part I?
(a) Fish pies.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Iron.
(d) Blankets.

4. What author does Obreht open the novel with a quote from?
(a) Patrick DeWitt.
(b) James Galvin.
(c) John La Carre.
(d) William Shakespeare.

5. Who does Emmett leave the homestead to go looking for?
(a) His older brother Tony.
(b) Merrion Crace.
(c) Paul Griggs, the family's water person.
(d) Evelyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lurie tell Marshal John Berger he knows him from?

2. What tribe does the person who visits Nora shortly after Evelyn is born belong to?

3. Where does Merrion Crace tell Nora Emmett is in Part V?

4. What does Josie tell Nora about the beast she saw?

5. What creatures are trying to get into the shack where Lurie's men are holed up for the night after the fight at the river?

(see the answer key)

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